This Oracle tutorial explains how to use the Oracle/PLSQL LPAD function with syntax and examples. The Oracle/PLSQL LPAD function pads the left-side of a string with a specific set of characters (when string1 is not null). The syntax for the LPAD function in Oracle/PLSQL is:
The Ides of March is a phrase derived from the Latin idus, a term marking the 15th day of March, July and October as well as the 13th day of other months in the Roman calendar year, and the Latin martii, âMarch,â which is derived from the Latin Mars, the Roman god of war.
'Beware the Ides of March' is the soothsayer's message to Julius Caesar, warning of his death. The Ides of March didn't signify anything special in itself-this was just the usual way of saying March 15th. The notion of the Ides being a dangerous date was purely an invention of Shakespeare's; each month has an Ides (often the 15th) and this date wasn't significant in being associated with death prior to 1601.